Gaius Julius

Gaius Julius (368 BC-) was a politican and general of the early Roman Republic. The head of the House of Julii, he was granted a triumph for his victory at the Battle of Mons Eretum in 329 BC, and he would ultimately die in battle for Rome.

Biography
Gaius Julius was born in 368 BC to the influential House of Julii, a major family in the Roman Republic. Julius became the head of his family at a young age, and he was known for being a great speaker as well as a brilliant and brave commander. Gaius married Metella (born 362 BC), having three sons with her: Secundus, Cnaeus, and Decius. He made a name for himself in the campaigns against the Senones, Umbrians, Gauls, and other barbarians on the northern frontier of the republic, and in 329 BC the Roman Senate called upon Julius and Decius Brutus to lead armies to conquer the city of Tarquinii in Etruria. Before he did so, he led an army to assist in the defense of Rome from Dumnorix's Gauls at the Battle of Mons Eretum, where his flank attack against the Gauls won the day for the Roman Republic. Julius' victory there established him as the best Roman commander of the time, and he proceeded to establish the Julii as a landed family after conquering the city of Tarquinii in the winter of 329 BC.